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UK: EU JHA OPT-OUT: "purely symbolic": House of Commons, Justice Committee: Ministry of Justice measures in the JHA block opt-ou

01 November 2013

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"We note that the UK already meets all the standards concerned, and conclude that the arguments for opting into these measures are “primarily symbolic”, and those arguments do not “outweigh the disadvantages of bringing wide areas of criminal justice in the UK unnecessarily into the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union.”

See the full text: Ministry of Justice measures in the JHA block opt-out (pdf)

And: Home Affairs Select Committee: Pre-Lisbon Treaty EU police and criminal justice measures: the UK’s opt-in decision (pdf):

"If the Government proceeds with the opt-in as proposed, we note that it will not result in any repatriation of powers. Indeed, the increased jurisdiction of the ECJ may result in a net flow of powers in the opposite direction."

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